After my marriage broke up, I suffered insomnia for about 18 months. I would lay staring at the ceiling for hours upon hours, every night, and would only manage to fall into a light slumber for about three hours. It was a terrible time, and I lost a lot of weight.
That passed. [...]

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Yesterday, I reached out (on my message board) for help with my chapter book, Cat’s Eyes. I really wanted a couple of people to read the entire manuscript - approximately 25,000 words - and tell me if there were plot holes, and/or if I had realistic characters…and the response was staggering.
Not only have several [...]

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In my previous post, I mentioned that Assassin’s Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb may fit into my top ten list of favourite books. This got me thinking about my favourite authors, which leads to the following question being asked:
If you had to list your favourite top ten authors, who would [...]

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Last night, I finished reading Assassin’s Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb. There were things I loved about this book, and things I hated.
First, a short blurb on the storyline (so skip to the next paragraph if you haven’t read the book, and don’t want it spoilt). Fitz is a [...]

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Now that I can stop worrying about the comments catastrophe, I can move onto something more exciting – Valentine’s Day.
What a scam!
Are our feelings for our loved ones so shallow that we need a special day to remind us to say “I love you”? Are we so consumed with ourselves that we need the [...]

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I’ve been slow in doing this, but I really should mention the new additions to our family.
Firstly, Gary’s son and daughter-in-law had their second child on Friday 3rd February 2006 — just a few minutes after midnight. It was a beautiful little girl, Gemma Marie. And she really is beautiful - [...]

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Last night I watched Ice Age for the first time. I love animated movies and they are the only type of DVDs I will buy. (However, Gary buys all the action packed ones, so I don’t miss out.)
Briefly, Ice Age is about three mismatched creatures coming together, for their own reasons, to help [...]

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In years gone by I was extremely good with punctuation. I always received top marks for comprehension and extra marks for presentation. However, with the introduction of the internet, I’ve found that I’ve become confused with some punctuation usage. I suppose reading a lot of American websites has done that.
Lately, I’ve been [...]

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I’ve finally done it — upgraded to WordPress 2.0.1 — and as always it was quick and simple. There are no external changes, it’s all internal. So far, everything is working fine.

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Now this one is more for me, than you. These four words are a curse to me, because I cannot remember which word I should be useing. I’ve been told a million times, I had a friend send me a photocopy of the rule, but still I don’t know.
(Note: The following useages [...]

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